Preacher

I went to the University of South Florida to watch the musical play called Violet. This play was about a young girl who had suffered from a horrible accident, getting cut in the face by an ax. In the play Violet sets off to Tulsa in hopes that a preacher can heal her of her “ugliness”. The main purpose of theatre is to try and personalize whatever emotions the characters are going through. Emotions such as love, rejection, disappointment, betrayal, joy and suffering (Sporre, n.d.). Throughout…

Review of A New Classical Rhetoric In A New History of Classical Rhetoric, George Kennedy talks about classical rhetoric from Greek Literature to the middle ages. The term rhetoric “denotes the civic art of public speaking as it developed in deliberative assemblies, law courts, and other formal occasions under constitutional government” (Kennedy 3). In classical view, rhetoric has been living in our life with natural instinct; however, philosophers, educators, and religious leaders has…

to their economic struggles. The prosperity Gospel can provide the lower classes with hope but that is a false hope since prosperity preachers are often criticized for misinterpreting bible scriptures and twisting the true nature of God. This theology is viewed as a corrupted, Christian-like belief system. Unfortunately, this theology has…

Leaders of the church have an enormous responsibility. They are in charge of the welfare of souls; the souls that belong to the members of their church. Preachers have turned to the idea of being saved from Hell, as found in a website seeking to help people get ready for the second coming says, “If you do not ask for My Mercy, it cannot be given,” (The Warning). The idea of Hell is a good propaedeutic to make people act righteously because of the sins, the discipline acts, and the levels. Hell…

passengers”(206) supported that people should have the right to freedom. For example, if Papists and Protestants, Jews and Muslims took preaches in the Town of Providence, and that we're not affect the justice, peace and sobriety of a country, those preachers should not be forced to come to the ship’s prayers or worship…

Hawthorne makes it very clear in The Scarlet Letter that he believes the Puritans, while not inherently corrupt, are a morally ambiguous people who don’t know how to run a fair government or justice system. They have intertwined religion and law to the degree that their government is a glorified theocracy that enables the Puritans and oppresses all others under the premise of religious superiority. This creates an unhealthily violent society where “the mildest and severest acts of public…

state were so laced together, religious leaders like preachers wielded an enormous amount of influence in politics. Only male church members could vote, and male church members listened to their preachers attentively. Therefore preachers could influence the voting members of their congregation to further their own political agenda. However, preachers were still under the watch of their congregations. Congregations controlled who was hired as a preacher and what that man’s salary would be;…

influential religious leaders of his era. Edwards was born in 1703 in Connecticut. Edwards was a well-educated individual, whom had attended Yale specializing in theology and philosophy. Soon after, Edwards became a very important and well-known preacher in the historical event called the Great Awakening, in which people believe to be one of the most extreme spurts of God’s graces. Edwards usually read in a monotone voice, but got very into some of his preaching on occasion, but never went as…

concerns dominate the content as John mulls over the expectations that he will follow his father, Gabriel’s calling and be a preacher. Throughout John’s story, a lot was expected from him; he was expected to live the holy life, to pour his soul into the religion and accept it as a part of his life, and most importantly, “everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up” (pg.1). All of these expectations from his family illustrate the societal pressure put on him in order…

Civic and political participation is very important I believe it’s a privilege to be able to participate in our government. We can vote for our president, vote for laws to be passed, we are able to be heard in this country. As citizens we are also able to give ideas to help the community, we can protest for good causes. I believe Billy graham should have day to be celebrated for influencing change. Billy graham influenced many lives, one of the most important lives he influenced were…